Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first postmaster general.
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Franklin served as the American diplomat in France, securing the French alliance and aid that helped win the war, not as a combatant.
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was an American polymath who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
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January 17, 1706
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April 17, 1790
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He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first postmaster general.
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] - April 17, 1790) was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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